Resident Advisor - Office of Residence Life

Resident Advisor - Office of Residence Life

Salary

See Position Description

Location

Main Campus (BG), OH

Job Type

Student Worker

Job Number

BGSU01710

Division

Presidents Office

Department

Student Employment

Opening Date

09/02/2026

Closing Date

10/9/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits

Summary

The Resident Advisor is a part-time paraprofessional staff member of the Office of Residence Life who lives in an assigned residence hall. The Resident Advisor is directly supervised by the Residence Hall Director and Graduate Hall Director. The Resident Advisor keeps the supervisor informed of activities, problems, and needs of the residents and the community. The Resident Advisor gets to know residents and the larger residential community to build an engaged, safe, and welcoming environment for academic success and personal growth. The Resident Advisor helps to establish and maintain open lines of communication between residents of the hall and the Office of Residence Life. This appointment is for one full academic year.

Career Readiness Competencies:

• Communication
• Access & Opportunity
• Leadership

Essential Functions

• Create positive, strong relationships (not just between themselves and their residents, but among residents as well), provide resources, build community, and engage residents through interactions
• Establish a living-learning environment on the floor and within the hall through role modeling and involvement
• Participate in development and advising of floor/hall activities, hall government, and encourage students to become active participants
• Build a community environment on the floor based on respect, which allows all residents to feel safe, comfortable and included
• Perform all administrative tasks as defined by the Residence Hall Director. Administrative tasks include things such as: posting informational flyers on the floor, attending weekly one-on-ones, distributing and collecting surveys, completing weekly reports, assisting with Preview Days, and fulfilling the Engagement Model requirements.
• Provide assistance to and give active support to all Living Learning Communities (e.g., Chapman Learning Community in Kohl) and other academic and social success programs (e.g., SOAR, First-Year Student Success).
• Attend weekly staff meetings on Wednesdays from 7:30PM to 9:00PM.
• Remain in the hall until the building is officially closed and/or return early to open during holidays and Breaks, as determined by the Residence Hall Director and/or the Office of Residence Life.
• Understand, explain, enforce and support all Office of Residence Life and University policies and procedures.
• Maintain a standard of personal conduct commensurate with responsibilities. The Resident Advisor is expected to set an example both in knowing and abiding by all applicable laws and University policies.
• Respond to student concerns and crisis situations on an on-call rotational basis.
• Create bulletin boards and door decorations as directed by the Residence Hall Director.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a full-time enrolled undergraduate student at BGSU. Graduate students are also eligible upon approval.
• May not currently be on Residence Life Employment Probation, Student Conduct (Residential/University) Probation, or Academic Probation.
• Must have lived on campus for at least 2 semesters by the time the position begins in the fall. Applicants who do not meet the live-on requirement(s) can apply for a student staff position however, preference will go to applicants who have lived on campus for at least one semester.
• RAs cannot serve on the Residential Student Association, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Executive Branch (in any capacity), as a Connection Ambassador, Varsity Athlete, or Student Teacher while on contract with the Office of Residence Life.

Additional Information

• Compensation

• RAs will be provided a standard double room as a single (when available).

• RAs will be given a Bronze meal plan for the academic school year.

• RAs will be provided a stipend of $1500 divided equally and paid bi-weekly over the academic school year. The stipend is taxable.

• RAs will receive priority class scheduling.

• The RA position is a 15 hour per week position. RAs must have written approval from the Associate Director of Residence Life before holding any outside employment. RAs may have dual employment as a Desk Clerk within Residence Life.

• To apply, complete the following application: https://forms.office.com/r/qhWEeYU7R6

Bowling Green State University is an equal opportunity employer. The University is committed to maintaining an employment and educational environment that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of protected class: age (40 years of age or older), ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity and expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, military status, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

EEOC Know Your Rights

OCRC Know Your Rights

In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Bowling Green State University, please call 419-372-8421 or email ohr@bgsu.edu.

BGSU is an E-Verify employer. If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

This position is not eligible for benefits.

Employer Bowling Green State University

Address 1851 N Research Drive

Huntington Building

Bowling Green, Ohio, 43403

Phone (419) 372-8421 Human Resources

(419) 372-2865 Student Employment

Website https://www.bgsu.edu/human-resources/careers.html